Oaks

/ (əʊks) /

noun (functioning as singular)

the Oaks a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing

any of various similar races

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Word Origin for Oaks

named after an estate near Epsom

Words nearby Oaks

Oakley, Annie, oakmoss, Oak Park, Oak Ridge, oak-root rot, Oaks, oaktag, oakum, Oakville, oak wilt, oaky

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Example sentences from the Web for Oaks

At one community fair, in Thousand Oaks, Ruby met a man, a wrestler, who would become her next husband.
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A listener from Thousand Oaks put me in touch with the Dachshund rescue center where I adopted Lisa-Marie.
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Now we paralleled the river, beyond whose far edge grew many slender-trunked nara trees; apparently they were Japanese oaks.
Japan's Nuclear Ghost Towns|William T. Vollmann|May 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It would be the first time an Oaks and Derby winner would face off in the Preakness.
Can These Two Horses Save Racing?|Sally Denton|June 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Trees in abundance were growing about, some of which were oaks.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
On the hillsides a dense wood of oaks was topped by dark pines on the higher part of the ridge.
Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder
Dantzic, Rigi, and some other European oaks take names from port of shipment.
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties|Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
The adults were at the time resting in the sun on the dried fruits of the rose and also on the moss which covered the oaks.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, March 1917|Various
A gentle breeze is whispering in a near-by clump of oaks and elms—an untouched bit of the original forest.
In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur

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